<p>This will probably be a bit of a political issue, but I would really like to see bisq running without bitcoinj.</p>
<p>The topic was raised in <a href="https://youtu.be/JcySykHuWIQ?t=28m15s" rel="nofollow">Tech Session #4</a> and it seems important to address it properly. Please let me know if there a better place to have this discussion.</p>
<p>The two main reasons that make it very obvious to me are:</p>
<ul>
<li>code diverged from bitcoin core and is obsolete</li>
<li>makes bisq depends on a white-list of «trusted» nodes</li>
</ul>
<p>Another view on bitcoinj that might be useful: <a href="https://youtu.be/DHc81OL_hk4?t=9h12m18s" rel="nofollow">Petter Todd describing it as a possible attack vector</a> (<a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-user-id="301810" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/cbeams">@cbeams</a> you were in the room if I'm not mistaken ;).</p>

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